Chasing Ferries
This is a fill shot from 18 Jan of the Coho ferry off Victoria's breakwater.
I see this ferry from my apartment, and I hear it when it leaves (it's leaving now). I wanted to catch a shot of it heading out of the harbour, so I jumped into my car and headed to Fisherman's Wharf, which is on the other side of the water from me. I got there just in time to see the ferry passing by an otherwise bleak and featureless backdrop.
I followed Plan B instead, which was to go and see if the breakwater was under construction yet; it wasn't, so I parked and setup this test shot. Just as I was ready, the ferry came into view. Perfect timing.
My Nikon D600 was in a mood at that moment, and was exposing way too hot, almost completely blowing out the shot. It's a testament to Lightroom's ability to recover highlights from raw files that I was able to bring this photo back. By the time I'd fixed the exposure metering, the ship was out of frame.
Nikon D600, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR lens for 1/25 second at f/6.3, ISO 400, tripod mounted.
To see more shots of this beautiful national heritage site before it's disfigured with a handrail, visit my Flickr Breakwater Gallery:
Chasing Ferries
This is a fill shot from 18 Jan of the Coho ferry off Victoria's breakwater.
I see this ferry from my apartment, and I hear it when it leaves (it's leaving now). I wanted to catch a shot of it heading out of the harbour, so I jumped into my car and headed to Fisherman's Wharf, which is on the other side of the water from me. I got there just in time to see the ferry passing by an otherwise bleak and featureless backdrop.
I followed Plan B instead, which was to go and see if the breakwater was under construction yet; it wasn't, so I parked and setup this test shot. Just as I was ready, the ferry came into view. Perfect timing.
My Nikon D600 was in a mood at that moment, and was exposing way too hot, almost completely blowing out the shot. It's a testament to Lightroom's ability to recover highlights from raw files that I was able to bring this photo back. By the time I'd fixed the exposure metering, the ship was out of frame.
Nikon D600, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR lens for 1/25 second at f/6.3, ISO 400, tripod mounted.
To see more shots of this beautiful national heritage site before it's disfigured with a handrail, visit my Flickr Breakwater Gallery: